financial
intermediaries
, institutions that borrow funds from people who have saved and
in turn make loans to others.
Why are financial intermediaries so crucial to well-functioning financial markets?
Why do they extend credit to one party but not to another? Why do they usually
write complicated legal documents when they extend loans? Why are they the most
heavily regulated businesses in the economy?
We answer these questions in Chapter 8 by developing a coherent framework
for analyzing financial structure in Canada and in the rest of the world.
At times, the financial system seizes up and produces
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